Born: 1710, Bochweiler, Saarpfalz-Kreis, Saarland, Germany
Died: April 1791 Loudoun Co., Virginia
Buried: May 1, 1791, New Jerusalem Church Cemetery, Lovettsville, Loudoun Co., Virginia.
Married: Anna Maria (--?--) ca. 1730 in Germany
Genealogy:
Brill Coat of Arms - is officially documented in Riestap Armorial General. The original description of the arms (shield) is as follows (translated):
Black: three silver crescents with a face, points turned to the left; each crescent is placed on a silver ring. Above the shield and helmet is the crest which is described as a black column adorned on each side with a silver crescent and surmounted by five silver feathers.
The Martin Brill Family - Martin Brill was born in Germany in 1710. About 1733, he married Anna Maria (-?-), in Germany. She was born ca. 1712. Martin arrived in America on October 22, 1754 at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His age is listed as being 44 years old. With Martin on the ship Halifax was Herman and Heinrich and Christopher.
According to the records of the Lutheran Church of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Martin and his wife and children attended Springfield Lutheran Church from 1755-1758.
On January 11, 1759, a land warrant was issued to Martin Brill for 20 acres in Springfield Twp., at the rate of 15 pounds, ten shillings for a hundred acres. He also acquired 45 acres in Nockamixon Twp., Bucks County. A tract of 49 acres in Tenecum Twp., Bucks County was surveyed for Martin Brill on January 19, 1759 pursuant to a warrant issued January 13, 1759. This tract was located on Tenecum Creek. On April 13, 1768, 20 acres of this tract was surveyed for Michael Burger. This tract of land was called Meanwell.
Martin and his family attended Nockamixon Lutheran Church from 1766-1771. The last date in the church records for Martin is June 8, 1771.
He and his family moved to Virginia sometime before 1774. They were members of the New Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Lovettsville. Martin died in April 1791 and was buried May 1, 1791 at the New Jerusalem Church cemetery. Lovettsville, Virginia is in Loudoun County on the Potomac River.
The Brill name was spelled in various ways, Prill, Preill, Briel, Brile, Pril, Bruehl.
Martin is listed in the personal property lists of Loudoun County March 22, 1787 as having one horse and one cow.
His death is recorded at the New Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Lovettsville, Parish Register 1784-1836, page 20.
[Brill, Ray & Joanne Baker. The Brill Family in America & Their Allied Families, Hagerstown, MD: Joanne Baker, 1993.]
Children:
Johann Herman b. 1734 md. 1) Catherine Barbara (--?--) & 2) Elizabeth (--?--), separated
Christopher b. 1748 md. Anna Margaret Maurer
Andrew b. 1749 md. 1774 Elizabeth Krebs
Anna Maria b. 1750, unmarried 1783
Johannes b. 1751/53, md. 1774 Maria Elizabeth Russ
Maria Magdalena b. 1754, d. 1840-42 md. 1772 Conrad Trittenbach
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